National School Contest "Elisabeta Polihroniade" 2026 Open 13
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34 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 03 Jan 2026 to 07 Jan 2026 in Caciulata, Romania. Top 10 Elo average was 1870, and top seed was Yanis-Andrei Tarabic (🇷🇴 ROU, 1985).
Marian-David Voinescu (🇷🇴 ROU, 1893) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Yanis-Andrei Tarabic (5.5) and Alexandru-Andrei Vlagiu (5.5). Voinescu won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Bogdan-Andrei Grecu (1729) beat Alexandru-Andrei Vlagiu (1944), a +215-point gap.
Location
🇷🇴Caciulata, Romania
Dates
03 Jan 2026 → 07 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 40 Moves in 75 Min. 30 Sec. / in 15 Min. 30 Sec. /
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇴Romania×33
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsMarian-David Voinescu led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R4–R7 · LEAD HELD
Marian-David Voinescu never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Marian-David Voinescu 4 wins (R1–R4)Alexandru-Andrei Vlagiu 3 wins (R3–R5)Yanis-Andrei Tarabic 3 wins (R5–R7)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Marian-David Voinescu | * | — | 1 | 1 |
| 2Alexandru-Andrei Vlagiu | — | * | — | — |
| 3Yanis-Andrei Tarabic | 0 | — | * | 1 |
| 4Mihnea Hurmuzache | 0 | — | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Voinescu, Marian-David | 1893 | ROU | +17N | +7B | +2B | +9N | =5B | +4N | +6N | 6.5 | 28.5 | 32.0 | 29.75 | 2223 | +90.0 |
| 2 | Tarabic, Yanis-Andrei | 1985 | ROU | +21N | +4B | −1N | =7B | +9B | +8N | +5N | 5.5 | 29.5 | 32.5 | 23.75 | 2006 | +9.2 |
| 3 | Vlagiu, Alexandru-Andrei | 1944 | ROU | +32B | −8N | +22B | +11N | +6N | =5B | +7N | 5.5 | 25.0 | 26.5 | 19.75 | 1943 | +3.2 |
| 4 | Hurmuzache, Mihnea | 1756 | ROU | +20N | −2N | +12B | +23B | +13N | −1B | +11N | 5.0 | 27.0 | 30.0 | 18.00 | 1826 | +29.2 |
| 5 | Dunca, Patrick-David | 1902 | ROU | +22N | +13B | +10N | =6B | =1N | =3N | −2B | 4.5 | 30.5 | 33.5 | 19.75 | 1950 | +23.2 |
| 6 | Pasca, Alexandru-Daniel | 1897 | ROU | +33B | +15N | +8B | =5N | −3B | +10N | −1B | 4.5 | 29.5 | 31.0 | 16.75 | 1882 | +2.0 |
| 7 | Popa, Razvan-Nicolae | 1717 | ROU | +27B | −1N | +26B | =2N | +16B | +13N | −3B | 4.5 | 28.0 | 30.5 | 15.75 | 1868 | +52.0 |
| 8 | Grecu, Bogdan-Andrei | 1729 | ROU | +24N | +3B | −6N | +20B | =10N | −2B | +17B | 4.5 | 26.5 | 29.5 | 17.25 | 1836 | +35.2 |
| 9 | Ionita, Eduard-Gabriel | 1849 | ROU | +30B | =18N | +16B | −1B | −2N | +27N | +14B | 4.5 | 25.5 | 27.5 | 13.75 | 1783 | -11.2 |
| 10 | Milasan, George | 1863 | ROU | +12B | +14N | −5B | +18N | =8B | −6B | +16N | 4.5 | 25.0 | 28.5 | 17.25 | 1813 | -8.8 |
| 11 | Anghenie, Toma-Horia | 1610 | ROU | +28B | =16N | =18B | −3B | +22N | +12N | −4B | 4.0 | 24.5 | 27.0 | 13.00 | 1699 | +23.2 |
| 12 | Necula, Eduard-Constantin | 1482 | ROU | −10N | +19B | −4N | +26B | +29N | −11B | +21N | 4.0 | 23.0 | 25.5 | 12.00 | 1508 | +2.0 |
| 13 | Simulescu, Andrei | 1755 | ROU | +31B | −5N | +30B | +14N | −4B | −7B | +24N | 4.0 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 11.00 | 1632 | -34.8 |
| 14 | Jitianu, Nicolae-Ovidiu | 1566 | ROU | +19N | −10B | +24N | −13B | +23N | +21B | −9N | 4.0 | 22.5 | 25.5 | 12.50 | 1630 | +14.8 |
| 15 | Donici-Maier, Luca | 1654 | ROU | +29N | −6B | −23N | +24B | −21N | +22B | +20N | 4.0 | 19.5 | 22.0 | 11.50 | 1527 | -27.6 |
| 16 | Beldiman, Ciprian-Dumitru | 1859 | ROU | +23N | =11B | −9N | +17B | −7N | +20B | −10B | 3.5 | 24.0 | 27.0 | 11.50 | 1641 | -68.4 |
| 17 | Pup, Alexandru | 1497 | ROU | −1B | =27N | +32B | −16N | +30B | +25B | −8N | 3.5 | 22.0 | 23.5 | 7.75 | 1638 | +41.2 |
| 18 | Dunca, David | 1552 | ROU | +34N | =9B | =11N | −10B | −20N | +23B | =25N | 3.5 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 8.75 | 1583 | +4.0 |
| 19 | Osiac-Nedelea, Filip | 0 | ROU | −14B | −12N | =33B | −27N | +34B | +32N | +28B | 3.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 4.75 | 1348 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Gherman, George-Matei | 1465 | ROU | −4B | +25B | +21N | −8N | +18B | −16N | −15B | 3.0 | 23.5 | 26.5 | 9.50 | 1615 | +45.6 |
| 21 | Ramureanu, Ioan-Vladimir | 1543 | ROU | −2B | +26N | −20B | +31N | +15B | −14N | −12B | 3.0 | 23.5 | 25.5 | 9.00 | 1458 | -38.8 |
| 22 | Ilie, Alexandru-Stefan | 1500 | ROU | −5B | +31N | −3N | +29B | −11B | −15N | +27B | 3.0 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 7.00 | 1527 | -25.2 |
| 23 | Negescu-Preda, George | 1475 | ROU | −16B | +28N | +15B | −4N | −14B | −18N | +32B | 3.0 | 22.5 | 24.0 | 8.00 | 1522 | +10.0 |
| 24 | Tesuica, Eduard-George | 1428 | ROU | −8B | +32N | −14B | −15N | +31B | +33N | −13B | 3.0 | 20.0 | 21.5 | 5.00 | 1536 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Muraru-Teberean, David | 1564 | ROU | −26B | −20N | +28B | +30N | =27B | −17N | =18B | 3.0 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 7.50 | 1410 | -42.4 |
| 26 | Tolos, Eduard-George | 0 | ROU | +25N | −21B | −7N | −12N | −33B | +34N | +30B | 3.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 5.00 | 1422 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Osiac-Nedelea, David | 1420 | ROU | −7N | =17B | =29N | +19B | =25N | −9B | −22N | 2.5 | 22.0 | 24.5 | 8.00 | 1397 | -8.4 |
| 28 | Hirica, Vlad-Ionut | 0 | ROU | −11N | −23B | −25N | +33N | =32B | +29B | −19N | 2.5 | 17.5 | 19.0 | 4.75 | 1388 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Tanase, Vlad-Gabriel | 0 | ROU | −15B | +33N | =27B | −22N | −12B | −28N | +34B | 2.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 2.75 | 1373 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Vacareanu, Sabin-Iustin | 1473 | ROU | −9N | +34B | −13N | −25B | −17N | +31B | −26N | 2.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 2.00 | 1376 | -24.8 |
| 31 | Momirleanu, Mihnea-Ilie | 1449 | ROU | −13N | −22B | +34N | −21B | −24N | −30N | +33B | 2.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 1.50 | 1335 | -18.0 |
| 32 | Moroita, Petru | 1535 | ROU | −3N | −24B | −17N | +34B | =28N | −19B | −23N | 1.5 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 1.25 | 836 | -48.0 |
| 33 | Niculas, Tudor | 1499 | ROU | −6N | −29B | =19N | −28B | +26N | −24B | −31N | 1.5 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 4.75 | 851 | -28.4 |
| 34 | FIDE 42262054 | 0 | — | −18B | −30N | −31B | −32N | −19N | −26B | −29N | 0.0 | 16.5 | 18.0 | 0.00 | 688 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Voinescu, Marian-DavidROU+90.06.5 pts · #1
- 2Popa, Razvan-NicolaeROU+52.04.5 pts · #9
- 3Gherman, George-MateiROU+45.63.0 pts · #13
Top rating losers
- 1Beldiman, Ciprian-DumitruROU-68.43.5 pts · #12
- 2Moroita, PetruROU-48.01.5 pts · #33
- 3Muraru-Teberean, DavidROU-42.43.0 pts · #19
Biggest upsets
- R2+215 Elo gap
- R3+179 Elo gap
- R5+142 Elo gap